Inger Christensen

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

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Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

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Born	January 16, 1935 • Vejle • Denmark
Died	January 2, 2009 (aged 73) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works	“Alphabet” • “It” • “Light and Grass”

Johannes Ewald

Danish poet

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Danish bishop and poet

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Danish author

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Johannes Carsten Hauch

Danish author

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

Danish author

Poul Martin Møller

Danish author

Sophus Claussen

Danish poet

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author

Halfdan Rasmussen

Danish poet

Tom Kristensen

Danish author and critic

Thomas Kingo

Danish author

Steen Steensen Blicher

Danish author

Jens Baggesen

Danish author

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Danish author

Johan Herman Wessel

Danish author

Klaus Rifbjerg

Danish writer

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish author

Sven Holm

Danish writer

Henrik Hertz

Danish author

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

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